用法学习: 1. rectify 纠错, 纠正, 纠偏, 改正 to correct a problem or mistake, or to make a bad situation better I am anxious to rectify this situation. xenophobic [ˌzɛnəˈfəubɪk] adj. If you describe someone as xenophobic, you disapprove of them because they show strong dislike or fear of people from other countries. 排外的; 有恐外症的. Service in the armed forces gave many Americans a less xenophobic view of the world. An oyster pail (also known as a Chinese food box (类似于origami折纸似的那种外带盒子) or Chinese takeout container. The Chinese-takeout container, with its Japanese-influenced origami folds, is a uniquely American invention.) is a folded, waxed or plastic coated, paperboard container designed to hold oysters. It commonly comes with a handle made of solid wire. Currently, it is often in use by American Chinese cuisine restaurants primarily throughout the United States, to package hot or cold take-out food. They can also be found in some European countries such as Germany and England, but are rarely seen in China. 2. slurp I. (transitive) 吸溜吸溜的. 吃饭带响的. To eat or drink noisily. They sat in the kitchen slurping their spaghetti. II. (intransitive) To make a loud sucking noise. The mud slurped under our shoes. John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already 被谴责, 遭天谴的 because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. tremor I. N-COUNT A tremor is a small earthquake. 小地震. 震波. 震感. The earthquake sent tremors through the region. II. N-COUNT If an event causes a tremorin a group or organization, it threatens to make the group or organization less strong or stable. (团体或组织内的) 波动. News of 160 lay-offs had sent tremors through the community. III. N-COUNT A tremor is a shaking of your body or voice that you cannot control. a slight shaking movement in your body or your voice that you cannot control, for example because you feel ill or frightened. (身体或声音的) 颤抖. The old man has a tremor 微微颤抖 in his hands. IV. a sudden feeling of excitement or fear. Heavy falls in share prices sent tremors through international markets. 3. rub it in to make someone feel even worse about something rub salt into somebody's wounds 伤口上撒盐 I wanted to rub it in a bit, so I said, "I'll be thinking of you working as I lie on the beach this afternoon." rub (one's) face in verb to mock a person for something they did or failed to do. rub someone's face/nose in it used to remind someone of something stupid or bad that they did. OK, I lost, no need to rub it in! to keep reminding someone about something unpleasant that they do not want to think about. I know we lost – there's no need to rub my nose in it. Khloe Kardashian still slips up 叫错, 说错, 说走嘴, 口误 with her dad's name: 'My sisters and I call Caitlyn, Bruce': Adjusting to a gender transition can be difficult enough for a family without having to get the words right…all the time. Khloe, 31, also spoke on the show about her previous struggles with the transition. "We all got through it and we are all over," she said. "That's completely behind us. So we are just happy for her. We just want her to be happy. 4. pick someone's brain 咨询, 问询, 寻求帮助, 搜集信息 (idiomatic) To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone. After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense.
苹果数据线: Less than two years after they each went into service服役, only one of the three Lightning cables pictured above is actually working properly. It's not the big Belkin cable on the left, which is visibly 显而易见的 pretty wrecked 破烂的, 烂了, or the thick, no-name 6-foot cable on the right, which looks fine on the surface表面看起来很好 but can't properly supply power to a connected device. The one that works without problems is, amazingly, Apple's official Lightning cable — the one that has been pilloried ( pillory to criticize someone publicly. He was pilloried by the French sporting press.) by numerous dissatisfied users, notably including our own Zac Hall, for coming apart 散开, 开裂, 裂开 after months or years of use. These complaints aren't without merit 并不是空穴来风( if something is "without merit" 空口无凭, 信口胡言的, 没有真凭实据的 it is without backing or substantiated support, or without proof. If someone files a lawsuit against another person, and there is no evidence to substantiate the claim, then usually the action is dismissed "without merit". Or a person could tell a story about being a "star athelete" in their youth, but if there is nothing there to back it up (trophies, newspaper clippings, etc.), the story is pretty much "without merit毫无根据的", a fable. merit I. 好处. 长处. 优点. [countable] [usually plural] an advantage or good quality that someone or something has. I can see very little merit in this approach. merit of: Viktor and Katya were arguing the merits of independence as I sat down. Attention to detail is one of the great merits of the book. a. [uncountable] the good qualities of someone or something that make you admire them or think they are important or valuable. He's not a great writer, though his work does have some literary merit有文学价值. The argument isn't without merit毫无价值, 全无价值. be of merit 有一定价值的: Their ideas are of some merit but there are better ways. II. [countable] a mark that a school student gets as a reward for good work or behaviour. on (someone's/something's) merit according only to how good someone or something is, not for any other reason. The successful candidate will be chosen on merit alone. judge someone/something on their own merits: We should judge her on her own merits rather than on her father's position in the company. ): even Apple-authorized Lightning cables do break会坏掉, which is particularly infuriating given how expensive they tend to be. But there's a lot of bad information about Lightning cables floating around 流传 right now, and having spent a lot of time using them and reading user complaints, I wanted to help people avoid some of their preventable 可以避免的 failures. As a general rule, legitimately Apple-authorized Lightning cables don't sell for less than $8; apart from Amazon's cables, relatively few are less than $10. If you're getting a cable for less than that, even if it's claimed to be an authentic Lightning cable, you can automatically assume that corners were cut 偷工减料 when making it, and that you're taking on a higher risk of a failure that's not (entirely) your fault. By comparison, strain and corrosion typically are your fault. Yank 抻拽 on a cable, pull it 抽拉 from both sides, or let it make contact with liquids — very few cables are going to be able to withstand that sort of (ab)use. So here's what you can do to keep your cables working. Don't strain or kink 扭在一起, 纠缠在一起 the cable. Lightning cables are almost all coated in soft plastic (rarely in resilient fabric), but regardless of their exteriors, they contain bundles of thin wires that can break — invisibly. If you stretch a cable to its maximum length and tug猛拉, put a bunch of sharp bends死折 into the center of the cable, or knot it, you may see what appears to be elastic, rubbery flexibility outside, but the metal inside is preparing to snap. Apple's cables and most others have "strain relief松紧力, 弹性" points(Used in reference to telecommunications cables, that are designed to allow the cables to move without cracking and/or breaking away from the plug or connector that connects to an electrical outlet or a hardware device. The strain relief is typically a series of ridges at the point where the cabling meets the connector or plug that allows flexibility 弹性, 松紧力 in the cable without putting stress on that vulnerable point in the cord.) between their plugs and cabling, but they're only "relief," not cure-alls万事大吉. Avoiding sharp bends in the Lightning cable and tugs on the ends will keep your cable working longer.
Brokeback Moutain 十年访谈: existential [ˌeɡzɪˈstenʃ(ə)l] I. 切身实际的. 切实存在的. an existential danger threatens the very existence of something. The existential threat of climate change has given rise to many new security worries. Europe is in the midst of an existential crisis, but it cannot and will not fail. II. relating to human existence and experience. existential angst/despair. Alhough tough and daring, they were shy, sparing of words(少言寡语. spare someone the embarrassment/pain/trouble etc.: At least spare him the humiliation of having to ask for money. spare no effort to do everything that is necessary to make something succeed. We will spare no effort to find the culprit of this crime. spare someone the details 省去细节 to not tell someone every detail about something because it is too boring, personal, or unpleasant. I'll spare you the details, but he wasn’t very complimentary. spare someone's feelings to avoid doing something that would cause someone to feel sad or upset. Don't try to spare our feelings – tell us the truth.), always kind to orphaned doggies and children, extravagantly polite to women, etc. All this made up an irresistible masculine ideal that had/has political value. For many, the cowboy image became a potent symbol of American men. Although the movie was well-received and handsomely rewarded—it pulled 狂吸票房 in more than $177 million worldwide, and another $44 million in DVD sales—there were some outliers(outlier [ˈautˌlaɪr] 不一样的人. 持不同观点的人, 特立独行的人, 各色的人 a person who lives a long way from where they work.). But one of the remarkable things about Brokeback Mountain was that it came at just the moment when attitudes were shifting态度发生改变, and mainstream audiences were ready to see two men coupling—particularly when those two men were Ledger and Gyllenhaal. Watching Ledger inhabit the role of Ennis( I. [ɪnˈhɪbɪt] to make it difficult for a process to start or continue in a normal way. Economic growth has been inhibited by the lack of investment. factors that inhibit the development of artistic talent. Drinking coffee inhibits the absorption of iron from your diet. a. to make it difficult for someone to do something. inhibit someone from doing something: tax rules that inhibit some people from working. II. to make someone feel too embarrassed or not confident enough to behave or speak in a normal way. The presence of police officers inhibited them. inhibit someone from doing something: Students may be inhibited from coming to him with their problems. )—such a coiled ball of muted pain and rage and repressed sexual energy(repress I. to prevent yourself from showing a feeling. I couldn't repress my curiosity. Repressing an impulse to laugh out loud, she thanked him and walked out. a. 压抑的情感. 克制的感情. 埋在心底的. 深埋心底的. to refuse to admit that you have a particular feeling, need, or memory, so that it remains hidden in your mind. II. to use force or violence to control people. Minority groups were ruthlessly repressed.)—is doubly poignant now, for it reminds us of the huge talent that was lost. As with River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho, it's impossible to imagine anyone else playing the role, and though all great roles seem like inevitable 命中注定的 casting decisions in hindsight, there is a rare alchemy ( alchemy [ˈælkəmi] I. 炼金术. a type of science that people used to try to change ordinary metals into gold, especially in the Middle Ages. II. literary a special power that seems like magic. ) at work between the four central actors that one dud casting note could have destroyed. Before Brokeback Mountain, the idea of a straight A-list actor playing a gay role in a hit movie seemed far-fetched难以实现的, 不现实的, 牵强的. Afterwards it became almost commonplace, but it took Ang Lee to make that happen. Actors auditioned for Brokeback because Lee was a big name, but many were hesitant. And also because the metaphor of Brokeback Mountain—of thwarted dreams 屈服于现实的, 屈从的梦 and lives unlived 未经历的人生—is one to which anyone with a heart can relate. We wrote Annie Proulx a fan letter and asked her what she thought about us optioning the story. She wrote back and said, "I don't see a movie here, but have at it(have at 努力去尝试吧, 大胆去尝试吧. 放心去做吧 Attempt or attack forcefully or aggressively.)," and we wrote a script in three months, and sent it out into the world. About five days later, Gus Van Sant showed up at our door in Texas wanting to make it. But Gus couldn't get Ennis cast—that's what slowed it. Larry believed actors' representatives were dissuading them from doing the part—they called it career suicide for a straight actor to play a gay person. We just thought that was ridiculous. The short story struck me as having more humor than the film, but perhaps that was due to the novelty of reading about two gay cowpunchers falling desperately in love with each other, leaving the sheep to fend for themselves. Gyllenhaal: The script for Brokeback Mountain had been around for a number of years, as is often the case with really interesting films. I'd actually met with another director, who was attached to it maybe four years before Ang came along. In 2001, [producer] James Schamus picked up the option, and he and I tried to get some directors to sign on. People loved the script—we kept hearing that—but no one would commit. It was definitely a movie that needed to be made. It afforded an opportunity for society, particularly American culture, to confront 直面 its core issues with the gay community. Placing the confrontation in a milieu ( milieu [ˈmi:ljɜ:] 社会环境 a person's social setting or environment. the particular people and society that surround you and influence the way in which you behave. ) that is traditionally perceived as hetero male–John Wayne and the Western cowboy–was a brilliant stroke by Proulx. Anna Hathaway: And I read the script, and was, of course, blown away by it, but I remember thinking, Alma's not my part–I'm Lureen. It's not dissimilar to ( [dɪˈsɪmɪlə(r)] different from someone or something else. two very dissimilar languages. dissimilar to: a weaving technique not dissimilar to the way fishermen make their nets. ) the feeling of meeting someone that will become very important to you on some soul level. It had that same magnetic pull 吸引力 that I feel for certain very important people. And like all of those wonderful feelings, it made me hot, it made me flush, it made my blood pound 豪情万丈, 血网上涌. Hathaway: When I'm done with an audition, I can usually tell if I've left the door open for another actress to come in behind me, but I left that room knowing that I had closed it, locked it, and welded it shut. I just knew it was mine. People were struggling to see me as anything other than a Disney princess at the time, so to get the endorsement from得到认可 Ang made me realize that maybe I could take this a bit further. It made me think for the first time that I could be a legit artist. I remember thinking, I got one! Show up. Don't be the weak link. Keep pace with these people! Gyllenhaal: For the first month of shooting we all lived by this river in little trailers, and I had my dog there. We all just lived on a campground and would walk to set. You know, in a world driven by commerce, particularly in the movie business, there's no time spent together—relationships are fleeting 过眼云烟的, 稍瞬即逝的, 短暂的. But in the old-school way, people really used to spend their time together. They became a family. And that's what Ang created on the movie. It's why we are all still close— not just bonded by the success of the film, but bonded by the experience. It was an intimate project in that way. We'd wake up and make breakfast for each other, and hang out. Heath and Michelle fell in love. It was a really special, special time. Ossana: The first day we filmed that scene where Michelle's character is on the toboggan and falls off the sled, and Ennis is with her—they're laughing; well on the third take, Michelle fell off the sled, and at the bottom of the hill she was crying. She'd twisted her knee, and we had to call someone to take her to the hospital. Heath was not about to let her go alone, and as he was getting into the vehicle with her he was smoothing her hair back. I remember him looking at her, and she looking up at him with these wide eyes 长大的眼睛. She was almost startled by the attention he was giving her, but you could see it every day from thereon. For him it was truly love at first sight. He was so taken with her. Hathaway: The four of us were taken out to this restaurant in Calgary by the producers, and I remember sitting there and looking at beautiful Heath, and Jake, and Michelle, and it hit me that we were all under 25. It's funny how recent it was, but at the time we were very far away from this burgeoning humanist moment that we're having now with gay rights. Gyllenhaal: That line ["I don't know how to quit you"] has moved, it has been mocked, it has been everything in between, but I remember coming out of that scene, off that ridge of the hill 山脊, and seeing a number of the crew, some of whom didn't even know what the movie was about, crying. When I first read that line, I was like, What is that? Now I realize that anybody who has loved knows what that feels like. The interesting part of casting us at such a young age was that we didn't completely understand what we were involved in, and that's the beauty of the movie as well. Gyllenhaal: What Ang took and manipulated in the most beautiful way is those techniques we have as actors—one of us more improvisational 即兴的, and the other more strict in his approach. So there are all these intricate things happening, where Ang's taking who we are as actors and putting them into the characters, and taking pieces of our personality as well. On the set, that proved to be really interesting at times, and also, at times, really frustrating, for both of us. Lee: The night we filmed the scene by the river where they talk about Ennis's childhood, Jake was in a mood to improvise a little bit, and deviate from his lines 游离出去, and Heath just got really upset—really upset, like his whole progress was disrupted. Jake is more of an improv actor—try this, try that—but Heath's preparation was really deep. He kept his teeth clenched and his face scrunched up ( scrunch up v. I. To crumple or squeeze something: She scrunched up her nose like she was going to sneeze. I scrunched my gloves up and put them in my pocket. II. To assume a crouched or cramped posture: The dog scrunched up in the corner to keep warm.) for about two months—he didn't let go. That's why some people complained that they couldn't hear what he was saying. He had to shoot a light-hearted comedy right after we wrapped—Casanova. He told me he just needed to unwind. Ossana: I said to Heath, "Ennis doesn't know why he feels so horrible, why he feels like he's going to be sick. It's not a conscious realization yet—he's suppressing his love for this man so hard, but this is why he feels like he's going to vomit, why he's punching the wall. Hathaway: I remember getting to watch the shot of Heath walking across their front yard, which is really just dust and dirt more than anything else, and Heath had decided that at some point Ennis had been in an accident and had a limp. It was so subtle, and it looked like he'd had this limp for about four years, and I just remember looking at Heath in that moment, and thinking, That is one of the greatest actors that has ever been.
偷猎非洲狮子王: Dr Palmer claims he had trusted his local guides to meet legal guidelines on his trip to Africa, during which he shot Cecil with a crossbow on July 1 before skinning and beheading him. The two Zimbabwean men appeared at Hwange magistrates' court charged with poaching, about 435 miles west of the capital Harare and were both released on bail of $1,000. The Zimbabwean prosecutors' documents accuse Bronkhorst of failing to 'prevent an unlawful hunt' and documents say Bronkhorst was supervising while his client, Palmer, shot the animal. The court documents made no mention of Palmer as a suspect. Meanwhile as the controversy raged发酵 and Dr. Palmer still remained out of public sight, he issued a letter of apology to his patients for any inconvenience. Explaining that he was a 'life long hunter' who refrained from talking about his passion because he is aware of the deep passions it stirs, Dr. Palmer said that he was sorry his dental practice had closed. The social media opprobrium continued on Wednesday, when Mia Farrow posted an ill-advised message to Twitter containing Dr. Palmer's business address in Minneapolis. The controversial 70-year-old screen legend took such umbrage with ( take umbrage (at something) [ˈʌmbrɪdʒ] to be offended by something. They're liable to take umbrage if we don't invite them. ) Dr. Palmer's decision to shoot and kill Cecil on a $50,000 hunt that she took the dangerous decision to advertize where his wife and children lived. Farrow quickly had second thoughts and deleted the address and amended the tweet to show a Twitter picture of his dental practice in Bloomington, Minneapolis. Tributes to the butchered lion have poured in thousands of miles away at Dr Walter Palmer's office in Bloomington, Minnesota, where protesters dressed as 'dentist hunters' also threw stuffed lions at his house. One of the strongest denunciations 指责, 批评 came from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which said on its Twitter account that Dr Palmer should hang for 自裁谢罪 killing Cecil. 'If, as reported, this dentist & guides lured #CeciltheLion out of the park with food so as to shoot him on private property because shooting #CeciltheLion in the park would have been illegal, he needs to be extradited, charged, &, preferably, hanged.' PETA continued: 'Hunting is a coward's pastime 懦弱者的游戏. To get a thrill at the cost of life this man gunned down loved 'w/ a high-powered weapon'. 'All wild animals are beloved by their own, but to hunters like this overblown, over-privileged( overblown I. 夸大其词的, 夸大不实的. 夸夸其谈的. something that is overblown is made to seem more important, exciting, or impressive than it really is. overblown reports of earthquake damage. II. an overblown object is too big or too brightly decorated to be attractive.) little man, they're merely targets. 'The photograph of this dentist, smiling over the corpse of another animal, will disgust every caring soul 爱心人士 in the world'. However, since his role in Cecil's death has been uncovered, animal lovers have laid siege to 围困, 围剿 Dr Palmer's website, posting incredibly negative and abusive reviews. 'Seeing these animals alive in their natural habitat is such a blessing, you have to be so sick to want to kill such a majestic creature of God. 'I want you to know of this situation and my involvement. In addition to spending time with my family, one of my passions outside dentistry is hunting. I've been a life-long hunter since I was a child growing up in North Dakota. I don't often talk about hunting with my patients because it can be a divisive 意见不一的, 有分歧的 and emotionally charged topic. 'In early July, I was in Zimbabwe on a bow hunting trip for big game. I hired several professional guides and they secured all proper permits. To my knowledge, everything about this trip was legal and properly handled and conducted. 'I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared 追踪的 and part of a study until the end of the hunt. I relied on the expertise of my local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt. 'I have not been contacted by authorities in Zimbabwe or in the U.S. about this situation, but will assist them in any inquiries they may have. 'Again, I deeply regret that my pursuit of an activity I love and practice responsibly and legally resulted in the taking of this lion. That was never my intention. In an emotional appeal, American television host Jimmy Kimmel asked viewers to donate to the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit - those responsible for collaring and tracking Cecil. Ire against Dr Palmer first erupted when he was identified as the shooter by The Telegraph on Tuesday. Emmanuel Fundira, the president of the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe, confirmed at a news conference on Tuesday that Dr Palmer is wanted for the death of Cecil. The much loved big cat whose death sent Dr Palmer into hiding was wounded by an arrow after he was allegedly lured out of the national park by the hunter's bait. After tracking the injured beast, Cecil was eventually found and shot dead. His corpse was then skinned and the head hacked off as a trophy. However, speaking to the Star Tribune on Tuesday morning, Dr Palmer said he was unaware of Cecil's fame and expressed regret but denied any illegality and laid any blame firmly at the door of his guides. According to The Independent, he added: 'The head – his trophy – has been impounded 没收 and confiscated as evidence for the court in Victoria Falls.' And to add to the outrage surrounding the death of Cecil, the future of the cubs of his pride are now thought to be at risk. The cubs could be killed if the pride is taken over by another male lion. 'The saddest part of all is that now that Cecil is dead, the next lion in the hierarchy, Jericho, will most likely kill all Cecil's cubs,' Mr Rodrigues said. 'Both the professional hunter and land owner had no permit or quota to justify the offtake of the lion and therefore are liable for the illegal hunt.' Cecil was one of the park's oldest lions and was well known for his striking looks and friendly nature. According to local legend, Cecil was kicked out of his pride and wandered alone until he met another lone lion called Jericho.
